Title: Robert Bartlett Haas Collection of Material about William Chauncey Bartlett,

Date (inclusive): 1850-1987

Collection number: 1557

Creator:
Haas, Robert Bartlett

Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Robert Bartlett Haas (b.1916) was a faculty member at UCLA (1949- ) and the director of arts and humanities extension (1958).
W.C. Bartlett (1818-1907) was a lawyer (1848-55), an anti-slavery preacher in Indianapolis (1857), an itinerant preacher in
the California gold mining towns (1860- ), editor of the
San Francisco bulletin (1866), and editor of the
Overland monthly (1871- ). Later, he served as a school superintendent and board member of Mills College. He also authored many works on a
variety of subjects, including
A breeze from the woods (1880). The collection contains Bartlett's correspondence, documents, manuscripts, publications and ephemera, and correspondence,
notes, lectures and an article on Bartlett by Robert Haas.s

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Copyright of portions of this collection has been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections.

[Identification of item], Robert Bartlett Haas Collection of Material about William Chauncey Bartlett (Collection 1557). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Haas was born on January 20, 1916 in Santa Cruz, California; BA, UC Berkeley, 1938; MA, University of Chicago, 1939; Ed.D,
Stanford University, 1945; postgraduate in art history, UCLA, 1965-68; became faculty member at UCLA in 1949; named director
of arts and humanities extension in 1958; published books include
A primer for the gradual understanding of Gertrude Stein (1971) and
Muybridge: man in motion (c1976); also wrote a paper on William Chauncey Bartlett; Bartlett was born on December 30, 1818 in Haddam, Connecticut;
attended Williams College, and in 1847, Ohio University; admitted to Ohio bar and was law partner of Hiram Strong in Dayton,
1848-55; joined the staff of the
Dayton gazette, 1855; became anti-slavery preacher in Indianapolis in 1857; moved to San Francisco in 1860; became itinerant preacher in
the California gold mining towns; served as editor of the
San Francisco bulletin in 1866, and took over from Bret Harte as the editor of the
Overland monthly in 1871; served as a school superintendent and board member of Mills College; author of works on a variety of subjects, including
A breeze from the woods (1880); he died on December 7, 1907 in Oakland, California.

Scope and Content

Collection contains correspondence, documents, manuscripts, publications and ephemera of William Chauncey Bartlett. Includes
real estate materials, ledgers, memorandum books, drawings, sketches, scrapbook, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating
to the Berkeley Club, Unitarian Club, and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. Manuscripts include
Thoreau in books and in the woods,
Indian summer, and
Ideals of a professional life. Also contains correspondence, notes, lectures and an article on Bartlett by Robert Bartlett Haas.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Correspondence.

Documents.

Ephemera.

Haas material.

Manuscripts.

Publications.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Haas, Robert Bartlett--Archives.

Bartlett, W.C.--Archives.

University of California, Los Angeles. University Extension--Faculty--Archival resources.